Hadromerida

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Hadromerida
Tethya aurantia
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Hadromerida
Topsent, 1894
Families
  • Acanthochaetetidae Fischer, 1970
  • Alectonidae Rosell, 1996
  • Choanitidae
  • Clionaidae (replacement name for Clionidae d'Orbigny, 1851)
  • Hemiasterellidae Lendenfeld, 1889
  • Placospongiidae Gray, 1867
  • Polymastiidae Gray, 1867
  • Sollasellidae Lendenfeld, 1887
  • Spirastrellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886
  • Stylocordylidae Topsent, 1892
  • Suberitidae Schmidt, 1870
  • Tethyidae Gray, 1848
  • Timeidae Topsent, 1928
  • Trachycladidae Hallmann, 1917

Hadromerida is an order of sea sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae.[1]

The order includes such species as Cliona celata and some members of the order are a targeted prey for hawksbill turtles.[2]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Hadromerida". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 February 2007. 
  2. ↑ Meylan, Anne (1988-01-12). "Spongivory in Hawksbill Turtles: A Diet of Glass". Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 239 (4838): 393–395. doi:10.1126/science.239.4838.393. JSTOR 1700236. PMID 17836872. 


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